PM West attempted-sexual-assault case heading to county court

A Pocono Mountain West High School student is heading to Monroe County Court on charges of trying to sexually assault a female student in a school bathroom June 10.

Staff reports

A Pocono Mountain West High School student is heading to Monroe County Court on charges of trying to sexually assault a female student in a school bathroom June 10.

Alonzo McGill Jr., 19, identified by authorities as living in Jonas, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday before Pocono Pines District Judge Richard Claypool. Free after bail had been posted for him, the stoic McGill stared straight ahead, not answering reporters' questions, as he and another man walked to their car after appearing in district court.

At about 10:45 a.m. June 10, a school hall monitor checked a bathroom for females and found McGill trying to sexually assault the victim, Pocono Mountain Regional Police said. The hall monitor got the female student to safety and contacted police.

McGill was disorderly and defiant to school staff trying to investigate the incident, police said. He later tried resisting arrest, but was taken into custody, police said.

McGill is charged with attempted indecent exposure, indecent exposure, false imprisonment and open lewdness. He will appear at a future date in county court, where he can go to trial, plead guilty or plead no contest.